This simple but entertaining storyline featuring Steve Carell as the branch manager of a dull paper company has become the most popular sitcom and certainly one of the best television shows on the air. The humor is relevant and often outrageous

This popular and addictive show follows a group of people with unknowingly intertwined lives who have survived a plane crash on a mystical island where unnatural things keep happening. Every episode of Lost ends in a cliffhanger, so you'll want to keep watching episode after episode on the DVD.

The main character, Dr. House, is essentially Sherlock Holmes in a hospital with an attitude. His sidekick's name, Wilson, was even meant to sound like Watson. House and his team of residents spend every episode solving a different bizarre medical mystery. If the unusual twists in every case don't keep you glued to the TV, then House's unrestrained sarcasm and biting humor might.

Tina Fey must have a giant shelf of Emmys in her office from this show. 30 Rock is a critically acclaimed comedy full of her own witty, self-deprecating humor and loosely based on her own experiences as the head writer for Saturday Night Live. Alec Baldwin, who plays her studio executive boss, is silly and laugh-out-loud funny in what has become his best TV role ever.

Good news. Kiefer Sutherland is finally out of jail and back to making episodes of the cult series 24. Every season represents a single day in special agent Jack Bauer's life, and every episode represents one action-packed hour in which he tries to resolve a national crisis. It's sort of like the Bourne Identity in a television show, and you will be sucked in episode after episode until you've finished an entire season of 24.